Operating Room (OR)

  • No Sponge Left Behind
    Using the same technology found in clothing tags used in retail store tracking systems, a study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill shows that surgical sponges with implanted radio frequency (RF) tags may be an effective adjunct to manual counting and X-ray ...More
    October 5, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Plan Now for Perioperative Nurse Week 2010
    The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) reminds everyone that Perioperative Nurse Week, scheduled for Nov 8-14, 2010, is a time to recognize and honor perioperative nurses for their important role and commitment to safe patient care. The theme of this ...More
    October 4, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Fighting Fire in the Operating Room
    October is National Fire Prevention Month – a time when perioperative professionals review policies on fire safety, educate staff, conduct mock fire drills and overall, ramp up awareness of prevention and management methods for surgical fires in the operating room. With the ...More
    October 4, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Equinox Surgical Solutions Launches SutureAssist
    Equinox Surgical Solutions LLC announces the launch of its new product, SutureAssist®, designed and developed by board-certified OB/GYN surgeon Warren Volker, MD, PhD, and his team to improve patient and surgical team safety. This proprietary device lets surgeons and scrub ...More
    August 17, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Cardinal Health Foundation Awards Grants to Improve OR Safety and Efficiency
    The Cardinal Health Foundation today announced that, for the third consecutive year, it has awarded more than $1 million in grant funding to help U.S. hospitals, health systems and community health clinics improve the efficiency and quality of care. ...More
    August 11, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Smaller Hospitals More Efficient in Implementing Surgical Safety Initiatives
    Smaller, rural hospitals may be quicker and more efficient at implementing surgical safety initiatives than their larger, urban counterparts, and are capable of providing a standard of surgical care that is at par with major hospitals that provide a comprehensive array of ...More
    July 27, 2010
    Posted in News
  • ORs: Next Target for Hospital Sustainability
    Practice Greenhealth unveils path to greener, more cost-effective operating rooms. ...More
    July 19, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Preferred Surgical Products Awarded Contract with Johns Hopkins Health System
    Preferred Surgical Products, LLC announces that it recently received a three-year, single-source contract with the Johns Hopkins Health System for its STAT-COVER™ line of sterile equipment covers and the STAT-PAC™ line of infection prevention packs for OR turnover. ...More
    July 16, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Pennsylvania Requires Nurse Circulators in the OR
    The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN), announces its support for Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell’s signing of HB 1641 requiring the presence of a circulating nurse in certain operating rooms.  The bill, signed into law on June 16, applies to any ...More
    June 18, 2010
    Posted in News
  • OR Nurses Ask for Time Out to Reduce Surgical Errors
    The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) is drawing on its ability to influence patient safety practices in the OR with the national launch of a “Time Out Commitment” campaign. The new year-round campaign begins on National Time Out Day, June ...More
    June 11, 2010
    Posted in News
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